Architecting secure and compliant managed file transfers with AWS Transfer Family SFTP connectors and PGP encryption

This article discusses a secure and compliant way to automate file transfers between AWS and external business partners using AWS Transfer Family SFTP connectors and PGP encryption.

Specifically, the article covers:

• Solution overview for an event-driven architecture to preprocess, encrypt with PGP, and send files to external SFTP servers using AWS services like Transfer Family, S3, Step Functions, Lambda, DynamoDB, Secrets Manager, EventBridge, SNS, and SQS.
• Prerequisites and step-by-step instructions to set up the solution, including generating SSH and PGP keys, configuring the Transfer Family server and SFTP connector, storing partner parameters in DynamoDB, and testing the end-to-end workflow.
• Conclusion highlighting how this solution helps maintain data security and compliance while automating file transfers with external partners.